Another fantastic weekend in the Youth National League, as both boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 sides picked up important wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U17 boys\u2019 side followed up their big win against Petone from last week by hammering FC Western 8-1 on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was another excellent attacking performance, with seven different players getting on the scoresheet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oliver Grosso set the tone by opening the scoring just four minutes in, before Luqman Ibrahim, Jack Perniskie, and Grosso again combined to make it 4-0 at half-time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite an FC Western goal early in the second half, the Nix continued to dominate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phillip Azevedo, Alessandro Marchesse, Kyle Koch, and Harrison Kowalczyk all netted, ensuring an emphatic victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, they travel to Memorial Park to play Palmerston North United in a 1pm game on Saturday, 28 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U17 girls also opened their campaign with a victory, although a much tighter one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having made the trip to Riverhills to take on Fencibles United in Auckland, it took a substitute to make the breakthrough for the Nix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bridie Christie came on at half-time and scored an 80th minute winner, securing a 1-0 win and all three points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will hit the road again for their round 2 match, taking on Canterbury Pride Youth at 3pm on Saturday, 28 September at English Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The senior National Leagues begin this weekend as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men\u2019s National League, the Phoenix reserves kick off the season against Eastern Suburbs at Fraser Park at 12.30pm on Saturday, 28 September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the women\u2019s reserves have an away day to Christchurch, where they will face the Canterbury United Pride at 12pm on Saturday, 28 September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All senior National League games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":322920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,330,343],"tags":[],"competition":[],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":null,"match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":false,"match_card_embed_disable":false,"auto_publish_updates":true,"reference_article":null,"article_featured_video":"","article_featured_video_tagline":"","article_byline":"","article_media_type":"news","article_video":"","gallery":"","shared_ffa_source":"keepup","shared_hide_in_app":false,"article_player":"","article_team":"","article_competition":"","article_match":"","credit":"","related_articles":"","push_to_social":false,"priority":1,"sport":false,"language":"en","private_content":false,"access_level":"","article_id":"","app_featured_image":null,"article_content_group":"news"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-roundup-2\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"National League roundup","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-roundup-2\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/national-league-roundup-2\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/IE_WPXvPET-2783.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/IE_WPXvPET-2783.jpg"},"articleSection":"Academy News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"roshi"}],"creator":["roshi"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wellington Phoenix","logo":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/cropped-Wellington_Phoenix_FC_logo-2.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-09-22T22:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-09-22T22:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-09-22T22:42:46Z"},"rendered":"